Climbing competitionsA formal, competitive sport of recent origins, nowadays mostly practiced on artificial walls that resemble natural rock formations. Organised competitions started in the former USSR in the late 40's, when speed events were organised. These contests were mostly reserved to Soviet climbers until the 80's.
In 1985 the Sportroccia" took place in Bardonecchia, Italy, - the first official difficulty contest ever. The success was repeated the following year in Arco won by French superstar Patrick Edlinger and his compatriot Catherine Destivelle. More than 10,000 people attended the finals; seven European televisions plus many media operators were present. In the same year, 1986, the French organised the first indoor event, opening the way for the future. In 1991, the 1st World Championship was organised in Frankfurt, Germany, an event that, from then on, happens every two years.
In the year 1998 the new discipline of bouldering was officially introduced. The International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) is the official organization governing competition climbing worldwide. Competition Climbing has three major disciplines: Lead, Bouldering and Speed.

Competition climbingA formal, competitive sport of recent origins, nowadays mostly practiced on artificial walls that resemble natural rock formations. Organised competitions started in the former USSR in the late 40's, when speed events were organised. These contests were mostly reserved to Soviet climbers until the 80's.
In 1985 the Sportroccia" took place in Bardonecchia, Italy, - the first official difficulty contest ever. The success was repeated the following year in Arco won by French superstar Patrick Edlinger and his compatriot Catherine Destivelle. More than 10,000 people attended the finals; seven European televisions plus many media operators were present. In the same year, 1986, the French organised the first indoor event, opening the way for the future. In 1991, the 1st World Championship was organised in Frankfurt, Germany, an event that, from then on, happens every two years.
In the year 1998 the new discipline of bouldering was officially introduced. The International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) is the official organization governing competition climbing worldwide. Competition Climbing has three major disciplines: Lead, Bouldering and Speed.

Climbing competitionsA formal, competitive sport of recent origins, nowadays mostly practiced on artificial walls that resemble natural rock formations. Organised competitions started in the former USSR in the late 40's, when speed events were organised. These contests were mostly reserved to Soviet climbers until the 80's.
In 1985 the Sportroccia" took place in Bardonecchia, Italy, - the first official difficulty contest ever. The success was repeated the following year in Arco won by French superstar Patrick Edlinger and his compatriot Catherine Destivelle. More than 10,000 people attended the finals; seven European televisions plus many media operators were present. In the same year, 1986, the French organised the first indoor event, opening the way for the future. In 1991, the 1st World Championship was organised in Frankfurt, Germany, an event that, from then on, happens every two years.
In the year 1998 the new discipline of bouldering was officially introduced. The International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) is the official organization governing competition climbing worldwide. Competition Climbing has three major disciplines: Lead, Bouldering and Speed.

Climbing competitionsA formal, competitive sport of recent origins, nowadays mostly practiced on artificial walls. Organised competitions started in the former USSR in the late 40's, when speed events were organised. These contests were mostly reserved to Soviet climbers until the 80's.
In 1985 the Sportroccia" took place in Bardonecchia, Italy, - the first official difficulty contest ever. The success was repeated the following year in Arco won by French superstar Patrick Edlinger and his compatriot Catherine Destivelle. More than 10,000 people attended the finals; seven European televisions plus many media operators were present. In the same year, 1986, the French organised the first indoor event, opening the way for the future. In 1991, the 1st World Championship was organised in Frankfurt, Germany, an event that, from then on, happens every two years.
In the year 1998 the new discipline of bouldering was officially introduced. The International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) is the official organization governing competition climbing worldwide. Competition Climbing has three major disciplines: Lead, Bouldering and Speed.

Competition climbingA formal, competitive sport of recent origins, nowadays mostly practiced on artificial walls that resemble natural rock formations. Organised competitions started in the former USSR in the late 40's, when speed events were organised. These contests were mostly reserved to Soviet climbers until the 80's.
In 1985 the Sportroccia" took place in Bardonecchia, Italy, - the first official difficulty contest ever. The success was repeated the following year in Arco won by French superstar Patrick Edlinger and his compatriot Catherine Destivelle. More than 10,000 people attended the finals; seven European televisions plus many media operators were present. In the same year, 1986, the French organised the first indoor event, opening the way for the future. In 1991, the 1st World Championship was organised in Frankfurt, Germany, an event that, from then on, happens every two years.
In the year 1998 the new discipline of bouldering was officially introduced. The International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) is the official organization governing competition climbing worldwide. Competition Climbing has three major disciplines: Lead, Bouldering and Speed.

Climbing competitionsA formal, competitive sport of recent origins, nowadays mostly practiced on artificial walls. Organised competitions started in the former USSR in the late 40's, when speed events were organised. These contests were mostly reserved to Soviet climbers until the 80's.
In 1985 the Sportroccia" took place in Bardonecchia, Italy, - the first official difficulty contest ever. The success was repeated the following year in Arco won by French superstar Patrick Edlinger and his compatriot Catherine Destivelle. More than 10,000 people attended the finals; seven European televisions plus many media operators were present. In the same year, 1986, the French organised the first indoor event, opening the way for the future. In 1991, the 1st World Championship was organised in Frankfurt, Germany, an event that, from then on, happens every two years.
In the year 1998 the new discipline of bouldering was officially introduced. The International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) is the official organization governing competition climbing worldwide. Competition Climbing has three major disciplines: Lead, Bouldering and Speed.

Climbing competitionsA formal, competitive sport of recent origins, nowadays mostly practiced on artificial walls. Organised competitions started in the former USSR in the late 40's, when speed events were organised. These contests were mostly reserved to Soviet climbers until the 80's.
In 1985 the Sportroccia" took place in Bardonecchia, Italy, - the first official difficulty contest ever. The success was repeated the following year in Arco won by French superstar Patrick Edlinger and his compatriot Catherine Destivelle. More than 10,000 people attended the finals; seven European televisions plus many media operators were present. In the same year, 1986, the French organised the first indoor event, opening the way for the future. In 1991, the 1st World Championship was organised in Frankfurt, Germany, an event that, from then on, happens every two years.
In the year 1998 the new discipline of bouldering was officially introduced. The International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) is the official organization governing competition climbing worldwide. Competition Climbing has three major disciplines: Lead, Bouldering and Speed.

Competition climbingA formal, competitive sport of recent origins, nowadays mostly practiced on artificial walls. Organised competitions started in the former USSR in the late 40's, when speed events were organised. These contests were mostly reserved to Soviet climbers until the 80's.
In 1985 the Sportroccia" took place in Bardonecchia, Italy, - the first official difficulty contest ever. The success was repeated the following year in Arco won by French superstar Patrick Edlinger and his compatriot Catherine Destivelle. More than 10,000 people attended the finals; seven European televisions plus many media operators were present. In the same year, 1986, the French organised the first indoor event, opening the way for the future. In 1991, the 1st World Championship was organised in Frankfurt, Germany, an event that, from then on, happens every two years.
In the year 1998 the new discipline of bouldering was officially introduced. The International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) is the official organization governing competition climbing worldwide. Competition Climbing has three major disciplines: Lead, Bouldering and Speed.

Competition climbingA formal, competitive sport of recent origins, nowadays mostly practiced on artificial walls. Organised competitions started in the former USSR in the late 40's, when speed events were organised. These contests were mostly reserved to Soviet climbers until the 80's.
In 1985 the Sportroccia" took place in Bardonecchia, Italy, - the first official difficulty contest ever. The success was repeated the following year in Arco won by French superstar Patrick Edlinger and his compatriot Catherine Destivelle. More than 10,000 people attended the finals; seven European televisions plus many media operators were present. In the same year, 1986, the French organised the first indoor event, opening the way for the future. In 1991, the 1st World Championship was organised in Frankfurt, Germany, an event that, from then on, happens every two years.
In the year 1998 the new discipline of bouldering was officially introduced. The International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) is the official organization governing competition climbing worldwide. Competition Climbing has three major disciplines: Lead, Bouldering and Speed.

Competition climbingA formal, competitive sport of recent origins, nowadays mostly practiced on artificial walls. Organised competitions started in the former USSR in the late 40's, when speed events were organised. These contests were mostly reserved to Soviet climbers until the 80's.
In 1985 the Sportroccia" took place in Bardonecchia, Italy, - the first official difficulty contest ever. The success was repeated the following year in Arco won by French superstar Patrick Edlinger and his compatriot Catherine Destivelle. More than 10,000 people attended the finals; seven European televisions plus many media operators were present. In the same year, 1986, the French organised the first indoor event, opening the way for the future. In 1991, the 1st World Championship was organised in Frankfurt, Germany, an event that, from then on, happens every two years.
In the year 1998 the new discipline of bouldering was officially introduced. The International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) is the official organization governing competition climbing worldwide. Competition Climbing has three major disciplines: Lead, Bouldering and Speed.

Competition climbingA formal, competitive sport of recent origins, nowadays mostly practiced on artificial walls. Organised competitions started in the former USSR in the late 40's, when speed events were organised. These contests were mostly reserved to Soviet climbers until the 80's.
In 1985 the Sportroccia" took place in Bardonecchia, Italy, - the first official difficulty contest ever. The success was repeated the following year in Arco won by French superstar Patrick Edlinger and his compatriot Catherine Destivelle. More than 10,000 people attended the finals; seven European televisions plus many media operators were present. In the same year, 1986, the French organised the first indoor event, opening the way for the future. In 1991, the 1st World Championship was organised in Frankfurt, Germany, an event that, from then on, happens every two years.
In the year 1998 the new discipline of bouldering was officially introduced. The International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) is the official organization governing competition climbing worldwide. Competition Climbing has three major disciplines: Lead, Bouldering and Speed.

Competition climbingA formal, competitive sport of recent origins, nowadays mostly practiced on artificial walls. Organised competitions started in the former USSR in the late 40's, when speed events were organised. These contests were mostly reserved to Soviet climbers until the 80's.
In 1985 the Sportroccia" took place in Bardonecchia, Italy, - the first official difficulty contest ever. The success was repeated the following year in Arco won by French superstar Patrick Edlinger and his compatriot Catherine Destivelle. More than 10,000 people attended the finals; seven European televisions plus many media operators were present. In the same year, 1986, the French organised the first indoor event, opening the way for the future. In 1991, the 1st World Championship was organised in Frankfurt, Germany, an event that, from then on, happens every two years.
In the year 1998 the new discipline of bouldering was officially introduced. The International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) is the official organization governing competition climbing worldwide. Competition Climbing has three major disciplines: Lead, Bouldering and Speed.

Competition climbingA formal, competitive sport of recent origins, nowadays mostly practiced on artificial walls. Organised competitions started in the former USSR in the late 40's, when speed events were organised. These contests were mostly reserved to Soviet climbers until the 80's.
In 1985 the Sportroccia" took place in Bardonecchia, Italy, - the first official difficulty contest ever. The success was repeated the following year in Arco won by French superstar Patrick Edlinger and his compatriot Catherine Destivelle. More than 10,000 people attended the finals; seven European televisions plus many media operators were present. In the same year, 1986, the French organised the first indoor event, opening the way for the future. In 1991, the 1st World Championship was organised in Frankfurt, Germany, an event that, from then on, happens every two years.
In the year 1998 the new discipline of bouldering was officially introduced. The International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) is the official organization governing competition climbing worldwide. Competition Climbing has three major disciplines: Lead, Bouldering and Speed.

Competition climbingA formal, competitive sport of recent origins, nowadays mostly practiced on artificial walls. Organised competitions started in the former USSR in the late 40's, when speed events were organised. These contests were mostly reserved to Soviet climbers until the 80's.
In 1985 the Sportroccia" took place in Bardonecchia, Italy, - the first official difficulty contest ever. The success was repeated the following year in Arco won by French superstar Patrick Edlinger and his compatriot Catherine Destivelle. More than 10,000 people attended the finals; seven European televisions plus many media operators were present. In the same year, 1986, the French organised the first indoor event, opening the way for the future. In 1991, the 1st World Championship was organised in Frankfurt, Germany, an event that, from then on, happens every two years.
In the year 1998 the new discipline of bouldering was officially introduced. The International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) is the official organization governing competition climbing worldwide. Competition Climbing has three major disciplines: Lead, Bouldering and Speed.

Competition climbingA formal, competitive sport of recent origins, nowadays mostly practiced on artificial walls. Organised competitions started in the former USSR in the late 40's, when speed events were organised. These contests were mostly reserved to Soviet climbers until the 80's.
In 1985 the Sportroccia" took place in Bardonecchia, Italy, - the first official difficulty contest ever. The success was repeated the following year in Arco won by French superstar Patrick Edlinger and his compatriot Catherine Destivelle. More than 10,000 people attended the finals; seven European televisions plus many media operators were present. In the same year, 1986, the French organised the first indoor event, opening the way for the future. In 1991, the 1st World Championship was organised in Frankfurt, Germany, an event that, from then on, happens every two years.
In the year 1998 the new discipline of bouldering was officially introduced. The International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) is the official organization governing competition climbing worldwide. Competition Climbing has three major disciplines: Lead, Bouldering and Speed.

Climbing competitionA formal, competitive sport of recent origins, nowadays mostly practiced on artificial walls. Organised competitions started in the former USSR in the late 40's, when speed events were organised. These contests were mostly reserved to Soviet climbers until the 80's.
In 1985 the Sportroccia" took place in Bardonecchia, Italy, - the first official difficulty contest ever. The success was repeated the following year in Arco won by French superstar Patrick Edlinger and his compatriot Catherine Destivelle. More than 10,000 people attended the finals; seven European televisions plus many media operators were present. In the same year, 1986, the French organised the first indoor event, opening the way for the future. In 1991, the 1st World Championship was organised in Frankfurt, Germany, an event that, from then on, happens every two years.
In the year 1998 the new discipline of bouldering was officially introduced. The International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) is the official organization governing competition climbing worldwide. Competition Climbing has three major disciplines: Lead, Bouldering and Speed.

Competition climbingA formal, competitive sport of recent origins, nowadays mostly practiced on artificial walls. Organised competitions started in the former USSR in the late 40's, when speed events were organised. These contests were mostly reserved to Soviet climbers until the 80's.
In 1985 the Sportroccia" took place in Bardonecchia, Italy, - the first official difficulty contest ever. The success was repeated the following year in Arco won by French superstar Patrick Edlinger and his compatriot Catherine Destivelle. More than 10,000 people attended the finals; seven European televisions plus many media operators were present. In the same year, 1986, the French organised the first indoor event, opening the way for the future. In 1991, the 1st World Championship was organised in Frankfurt, Germany, an event that, from then on, happens every two years.
In the year 1998 the new discipline of bouldering was officially introduced. The International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) is the official organization governing competition climbing worldwide. Competition Climbing has three major disciplines: Lead, Bouldering and Speed.

Competition climbingA formal, competitive sport of recent origins, nowadays mostly practiced on artificial walls. Organised competitions started in the former USSR in the late 40's, when speed events were organised. These contests were mostly reserved to Soviet climbers until the 80's.
In 1985 the Sportroccia" took place in Bardonecchia, Italy, - the first official difficulty contest ever. The success was repeated the following year in Arco won by French superstar Patrick Edlinger and his compatriot Catherine Destivelle. More than 10,000 people attended the finals; seven European televisions plus many media operators were present. In the same year, 1986, the French organised the first indoor event, opening the way for the future. In 1991, the 1st World Championship was organised in Frankfurt, Germany, an event that, from then on, happens every two years.
In the year 1998 the new discipline of bouldering was officially introduced. The International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) is the official organization governing competition climbing worldwide. Competition Climbing has three major disciplines: Lead, Bouldering and Speed.

Competition climbingA formal, competitive sport of recent origins, nowadays mostly practiced on artificial walls. Organised competitions started in the former USSR in the late 40's, when speed events were organised. These contests were mostly reserved to Soviet climbers until the 80's.
In 1985 the Sportroccia" took place in Bardonecchia, Italy, - the first official difficulty contest ever. The success was repeated the following year in Arco won by French superstar Patrick Edlinger and his compatriot Catherine Destivelle. More than 10,000 people attended the finals; seven European televisions plus many media operators were present. In the same year, 1986, the French organised the first indoor event, opening the way for the future. In 1991, the 1st World Championship was organised in Frankfurt, Germany, an event that, from then on, happens every two years.
In the year 1998 the new discipline of bouldering was officially introduced. The International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) is the official organization governing competition climbing worldwide. Competition Climbing has three major disciplines: Lead, Bouldering and Speed.

Competition climbingA formal, competitive sport of recent origins, nowadays mostly practiced on artificial walls. Organised competitions started in the former USSR in the late 40's, when speed events were organised. These contests were mostly reserved to Soviet climbers until the 80's.
In 1985 the Sportroccia" took place in Bardonecchia, Italy, - the first official difficulty contest ever. The success was repeated the following year in Arco won by French superstar Patrick Edlinger and his compatriot Catherine Destivelle. More than 10,000 people attended the finals; seven European televisions plus many media operators were present. In the same year, 1986, the French organised the first indoor event, opening the way for the future. In 1991, the 1st World Championship was organised in Frankfurt, Germany, an event that, from then on, happens every two years.
In the year 1998 the new discipline of bouldering was officially introduced. The International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) is the official organization governing competition climbing worldwide. Competition Climbing has three major disciplines: Lead, Bouldering and Speed.

Competition climbingA formal, competitive sport of recent origins, nowadays mostly practiced on artificial walls. Organised competitions started in the former USSR in the late 40's, when speed events were organised. These contests were mostly reserved to Soviet climbers until the 80's.
In 1985 the Sportroccia" took place in Bardonecchia, Italy, - the first official difficulty contest ever. The success was repeated the following year in Arco won by French superstar Patrick Edlinger and his compatriot Catherine Destivelle. More than 10,000 people attended the finals; seven European televisions plus many media operators were present. In the same year, 1986, the French organised the first indoor event, opening the way for the future. In 1991, the 1st World Championship was organised in Frankfurt, Germany, an event that, from then on, happens every two years.
In the year 1998 the new discipline of bouldering was officially introduced. The International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) is the official organization governing competition climbing worldwide. Competition Climbing has three major disciplines: Lead, Bouldering and Speed.

Competition climbingA formal, competitive sport of recent origins, nowadays mostly practiced on artificial walls. Organised competitions started in the former USSR in the late 40's, when speed events were organised. These contests were mostly reserved to Soviet climbers until the 80's.
In 1985 the Sportroccia" took place in Bardonecchia, Italy, - the first official difficulty contest ever. The success was repeated the following year in Arco won by French superstar Patrick Edlinger and his compatriot Catherine Destivelle. More than 10,000 people attended the finals; seven European televisions plus many media operators were present. In the same year, 1986, the French organised the first indoor event, opening the way for the future. In 1991, the 1st World Championship was organised in Frankfurt, Germany, an event that, from then on, happens every two years.
In the year 1998 the new discipline of bouldering was officially introduced. The International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) is the official organization governing competition climbing worldwide. Competition Climbing has three major disciplines: Lead, Bouldering and Speed.

Competition climbingA formal, competitive sport of recent origins, nowadays mostly practiced on artificial walls. Organised competitions started in the former USSR in the late 40's, when speed events were organised. These contests were mostly reserved to Soviet climbers until the 80's.
In 1985 the Sportroccia" took place in Bardonecchia, Italy, - the first official difficulty contest ever. The success was repeated the following year in Arco won by French superstar Patrick Edlinger and his compatriot Catherine Destivelle. More than 10,000 people attended the finals; seven European televisions plus many media operators were present. In the same year, 1986, the French organised the first indoor event, opening the way for the future. In 1991, the 1st World Championship was organised in Frankfurt, Germany, an event that, from then on, happens every two years.
In the year 1998 the new discipline of bouldering was officially introduced. The International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) is the official organization governing competition climbing worldwide. Competition Climbing has three major disciplines: Lead, Bouldering and Speed.

Competition climbingA formal, competitive sport of recent origins, nowadays mostly practiced on artificial walls. Organised competitions started in the former USSR in the late 40's, when speed events were organised. These contests were mostly reserved to Soviet climbers until the 80's.
In 1985 the Sportroccia" took place in Bardonecchia, Italy, - the first official difficulty contest ever. The success was repeated the following year in Arco won by French superstar Patrick Edlinger and his compatriot Catherine Destivelle. More than 10,000 people attended the finals; seven European televisions plus many media operators were present. In the same year, 1986, the French organised the first indoor event, opening the way for the future. In 1991, the 1st World Championship was organised in Frankfurt, Germany, an event that, from then on, happens every two years.
In the year 1998 the new discipline of bouldering was officially introduced. The International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) is the official organization governing competition climbing worldwide. Competition Climbing has three major disciplines: Lead, Bouldering and Speed.

Competition climbingA formal, competitive sport of recent origins, nowadays mostly practiced on artificial walls. Organised competitions started in the former USSR in the late 40's, when speed events were organised. These contests were mostly reserved to Soviet climbers until the 80's. In 1985 the Sportroccia" took place in Bardonecchia, Italy, - the first official difficulty contest ever. The success was repeated the following year in Arco won by French superstar Patrick Edlinger and his compatriot Catherine Destivelle. More than 10,000 people attended the finals; seven European televisions plus many media operators were present. In the same year, 1986, the French organised the first indoor event, opening the way for the future. In 1991, the 1st World Championship was organised in Frankfurt, Germany, an event that, from then on, happens every two years. In the year 1998 the new discipline of bouldering was officially introduced. The International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) is the official organization governing competition climbing worldwide. Competition Climbing has three major disciplines: Lead, Bouldering and Speed.

Competition climbingA formal, competitive sport of recent origins, nowadays mostly practiced on artificial walls. Organised competitions started in the former USSR in the late 40's, when speed events were organised. These contests were mostly reserved to Soviet climbers until the 80's.
In 1985 the Sportroccia" took place in Bardonecchia, Italy, - the first official difficulty contest ever. The success was repeated the following year in Arco won by French superstar Patrick Edlinger and his compatriot Catherine Destivelle. More than 10,000 people attended the finals; seven European televisions plus many media operators were present. In the same year, 1986, the French organised the first indoor event, opening the way for the future. In 1991, the 1st World Championship was organised in Frankfurt, Germany, an event that, from then on, happens every two years.
In the year 1998 the new discipline of bouldering was officially introduced. The International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) is the official organization governing competition climbing worldwide. Competition Climbing has three major disciplines: Lead, Bouldering and Speed.

Competition climbingA formal, competitive sport of recent origins, nowadays mostly practiced on artificial walls. Organised competitions started in the former USSR in the late 40's, when speed events were organised. These contests were mostly reserved to Soviet climbers until the 80's.
In 1985 the Sportroccia" took place in Bardonecchia, Italy, - the first official difficulty contest ever. The success was repeated the following year in Arco won by French superstar Patrick Edlinger and his compatriot Catherine Destivelle. More than 10,000 people attended the finals; seven European televisions plus many media operators were present. In the same year, 1986, the French organised the first indoor event, opening the way for the future. In 1991, the 1st World Championship was organised in Frankfurt, Germany, an event that, from then on, happens every two years.
In the year 1998 the new discipline of bouldering was officially introduced. The International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) is the official organization governing competition climbing worldwide. Competition Climbing has three major disciplines: Lead, Bouldering and Speed.

Competition climbingA formal, competitive sport of recent origins, nowadays mostly practiced on artificial walls. Organised competitions started in the former USSR in the late 40's, when speed events were organised. These contests were mostly reserved to Soviet climbers until the 80's. In 1985 the Sportroccia" took place in Bardonecchia, Italy, - the first official difficulty contest ever. The success was repeated the following year in Arco won by French superstar Patrick Edlinger and his compatriot Catherine Destivelle. More than 10,000 people attended the finals; seven European televisions plus many media operators were present. In the same year, 1986, the French organised the first indoor event, opening the way for the future. In 1991, the 1st World Championship was organised in Frankfurt, Germany, an event that, from then on, happens every two years. In the year 1998 the new discipline of bouldering was officially introduced. The International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) is the official organization governing competition climbing worldwide. Competition Climbing has three major disciplines: Lead, Bouldering and Speed.

It should be noted that the World Cup in Haiyang was a very weak one, taking place in a ghost town without any real spectators. As a result (?), route setting was weak too, but these issues are the subject of another analysis in the future, let’s talk about the bouldering instead for now! Before these two world cups, Jan Hojer and Dmitry Sharafutdinov were just a view points apart, as were Shauna Coxsey and Akiyo Noguchi.Jan and Dmitri were looking forward to a friendly death match when Dmitri ran into some personal problems that clearly were not helping his bouldering. For the first time in ages he failed to qualify for the finals.Especially at the end of the season Shauna and Akiyo climbed clearly better than the other girls through all the rounds.Haiyang was won by Akiyo Noguchi and Jan Hojer.

Boulder World Cup 2013 pics of the German Bouldering Team, starting in Chongqing (China) to the final event in Munich (Germany) via Millau (France), Kitzbühel (Austria), Log-Dragomer (Slovenia), Innsbruck (Austria), Toronto (Canada). Flickr made a bit of a mess (or was it me, trying to upload too much?), I will try to organize the pics after being back from the European Bouldering Championships in Eindhoven next weekend. Till than - Enjoy!

Anna Stöhr and Dmitrii Sharafutdinov are the overall winners of IFSC Bouldering World Cup 2013 after their triumph in Vail.After his 3 world championship titles it's the first overall World Cup victory of Dimitrii's career. Serial winner Anna Stöhr climbed to her sixth victory out of seven competitions.

The IFSC Bouldering World Cup in the Canadian province of Ontario turned out as a real "golden soil" for the Austrian climbing team: With her fifth win in 2013 highflyer Anna Stöhr cleared her overall World Cup victory already two competitions before the end of the season, while Kilian Fischhuber climbed to gold overseas. As usual, find more info, the results and the rankings (before the final event in Munich) here: www.ifsc-climbing.org

The fifth stop of the IFSC World Cup season 2013 celebrated a big climbing party at the Marktplatz in Innsbruck from May 16th to 18th. The finals fantastic result in black-red-golden. Jule Wurm, who already finished second at the European Championships 2010 in Innsbruck and local heroine Anna Stöhr, leader after the semi-finals, fought an exciting duel: Both women topped out on all four final Boulder problems, in closing one attempt decided about gold, silver and Jule Wurms first victory in 2013!

First World Cup win ever for Jan HojerIn the men’s competition Austria’s Kilian Fischhuber, the previous year’s winner, was the only athlete flashing three out of four final problems, but didn't score in number three (no top, no bonus) what put him in place three in the end. Gold went to Germany's Jan Hojer, reigning world champion Dmitrii Sharafutdinov gained place two and therewith his fourth podium of the season. Its worth noticing that all the climbers in the German bouldering team bouldered really well during those days, it seems that we like the air in Innsbruck!

After this great competition weekend in Austria the IFSC Bouldering World Cup is moving overseas: Toronto will be the venue of the next World Cup stop on June 1-2! All results and further informations on www.ifsc-climbing.org. Stay tuned for our report soon and find a short clip about the finals below...

Fourth win in a row for Anna Stöhr, first Bouldering gold for Sean McColl.The Slovenian city of Log Dragomer was the venue of the fourth IFSC Bouldering World Cup competition of the ongoing season. Accompanied by live music and an enthusiastic Slovenian crowd Anna Stöhr and Sean McColl climbed to gold at the Sports Park Log!

Home win for Anna Stöhr and Jakob Schubert in Kitzbühel!Last year’s Overall Bouldering World Cup winner Anna Stöhr and reigning Lead world champion Jakob Schubert celebrated an Austrian happy ending in front of their home crowd at the Sports Park Kitzbühel.